Battery handle



April 18, 1933.

IW\IIIIVIJIIIIIII M. W. SEVERANCE BATTERY HANDLE Filed Feb. 21,

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BATTERY HhNfbiE Applicationfiled February 21 ,;19 30.1Se17 ia 1 No. many I i n Q invention relates to handles for the containersof electric storagefbatteries and while'it is of general utility for this pur pose, it relates more particularly to metal devices of this character adapted to be attachedto containers for larger sizes ofbatthis character.

Other objects and features of noveltywill be apparent as the following description'proceeds, as taken in conjunction with the accompanying' drawing, in which Fig. 1 isanend elevation of a batterycontainer, showing the handle according'to the present invention as secured thereto;

, -Fig. 2 is a verticalcrosssection taken along the line 2-2 ofFig. 1;

Fig. 3 isa view similar to Fig. 2 butshowing a modified form of the device. 7 i Referring more particularly to the drawing, in connection with the followingdetail description of a device according to one embodiment of the inventiomthere is illustrated a battery container, indicated generally. at 10, comprising a box-like structure of molded plastic materialsuch as rubber, asphalt, and

molding this container, a reenfor'cingmargi- 'n-al portion 11 isprovid'ed fatthe upper por- .tion of the endwall 12., The lower edge of the portion 11 isrecessedas at l l to form a shoulder or handhold which may be undercut, as

shown. The upper edge, of "the portion 11 projects above 13116110111131 top plane of the container formin astub handle consisting of humps or protu erances 15 between which.

i is formed a,depression 16,the purpose of which is primarily to receive the holddown and provide clearance for the same, but which may also serve to receive the thumb of a'workis to simplify and improve man, while his fingertips engage ,the handa hold 14. The grip aiiorded by the'handhold 14: and the dpression lfi isordinarily'suflicient to enable the workman to support the weight of batteries of the smaller-sizes? v However, manybatteries, such as those used in motor trucks, bussejs, and various other installationa-are of such size and consequent weight-that the stub handle arrangement described above-as providing a-finger tiphold on the contain en is not'suflicient, as it throws a severe strain 1 upon the finger nnisclesjif it is *notyentirely inadequate to supportflthe a weight." A handle; must be providedfwhich will permit theworkman to-grip thehandle stronger muscles of the hands to this purpose that the presentinvens tlon 1s directed,thestructureof the battery] container-described aboveforming no part ofthepresent invention other than in combination with the'structure now to be described;

'lVhile the -new handl-e is adapted'to be applie'd to'a containerhaving this stub handle a construction, it is obviously also adapted to other types and sizes of containers. 7

The preferred handle structure shown in.

Figs. 1 and"2,"comprisesamain handl'e'memberjlZ and a securinglmember 1 8, the two being j secured together to "form the complete handle, and-to attach the same to the battery container. Both, members are preferably iformedofsheet metal for simplicityand speed ofconstructiomandtheresultanteoon omy. The member 17 is formedffrom a substantially rectangular blank,,the"side por-,

the like, or compositions of the same. In 1 9 of whichere redi wa y toward the bottom as at 19,"terminat;ing,in spaced tongues 20 are bent "latera y and slightly upwardly ja's atj2l'so as to engage the handheld 14" asi showl i in F 2. The taper pi the sides I permits-the zap o aii lefsgri portion to b eljvv ider than the-handhol d'. jen- 65 y in such Ia manneras to bring intoplayllthe scribed'now on the market, in any service station, necessitating only a screw drlver for the entire operation, and when mounted will transmit the holddown strain directly to the top of the container wall. I

While several embodiments of the invention have been. illustrated and described in considerable detail so as to enable. any one skilled in the art to practice the invention,

nevertheless the invention is not to be limited to any of the details disclosed, other than as necessitated by the development of the prior art, and therefore includes such embodiments of the broad idea as fall within the scope of the appended claims. I

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In combination with a storage battery box having a shoulder and recesses in the'end Walls thereof, aha-ndle comprising a member having a hand grip and a vertical portion engaging the end wall of the battery box and terminating in arrhooked extremity adapted to engage the shoulder in the end Z wall, and a second member extending through an opening in the first named member and having a top portion adapted to hook, over the top of the said end wall,and a vertical 2 portion extending down alongthe outer surface of the vertical portion of the first named member in contact therewith, and fastening means located opposite said recesses andexs tending through the vertical portions of said members for securing'said members together.

2. In combination with a storage battery box having'a pair of spaced protuberances on each upper end wall, a sheet metal handle adapted to be detachably secured to one of said end walls, comprising a sheet metal member extending across the end wall above said protuberances and having a flange engaging the inner faces of said protuberances, said sheet metal member having a depression located between the protuberances extending downwardly far enoughto bear upon the end wall and adapted to receive the upper extremityof a hold-down member and transmit pressure therefrom directly to said end wall.'

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my slgnature.

MALVERN; WI SEVERANOE, 

